The challenges and opportunities of water management in the Middle East

Abstract

Until the 1980's, the only relevant issue relating to water generallytaken into account was that of the improvement of the quality of lifefor the peoples concerned. But how does this relate to the questionconcerning the peoples of the Near and Middle East today ? Can the needto share resources become a source of peace and development in a regionwhere the scarcity of water is the rule?.